Jay Lagaaia

Jay Laga'aia is a well-known New Zealand-Australian actor, singer, writer and a TV host. Though born in South Auckland, New Zealand, he is a dual citizen of both New Zealand and Australia. He is of Samoan descent. He comes from a huge family consisting of six brothers and sisters and two half-brothers. He became famous through Australian TV shows like "Water Rats"," Play School”, etc.

He also appeared as a contestant on a celebrity reality show Big Brother. Not just that, he is worldwide acclaimed for his fantastic stage productions such as " The Lion King Click to look into! >> Read More... ”, where he played the character of Mufasa. Among other of his stage works worth mentioning is also the role of Judas, played by him in the production Jesus Christ Superstar.

Being a sizzling singer, he gave the world a children's album "Come, Dance and Sing" in 2008 and later in 2012 he came up with two more Christmas albums which proved to be a big hit. The music of the Scholastic book of pictures "Baby Elephant Walk" was also provided by him.

Though he has set plenty of milestones in his career, but he is best known and appreciated for his role as Captain Typho in the films Star Wars Star Wars is a show of Mastiii, India’s most popul >> Read More... : Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III– Revenge of the Sith. Jay Laga’aia was the celebrity host for the two prestigious events, Sagamore Ballroom Stage at the third celebration in 2005 and Concourse Ballroom stage at the fourth celebration in 2007. The next year 2008 proved to be a glorious year for Jay. Not only did he perform on Carols by Candlelight but also narrated the characters on the children’s show which ran for two seasons. He has also guest starred in various TV shows such as Neighbours.

Coming to his personal life, he married Sandie Jane on 16 August 1990, and they have eight children together. His Star Wars cast mate and his great friend Temuera Morrison became his best man at his wedding. Laga’aia has been living a prosperous life since 1963 till now. To add to his collection of treasures, Jay is at work to release his much anticipated second children’s CD “I Can Play Anything” which is a follow-up to his successful 2007 release “Come, Dance and Sing”.